her students loved her
or so the old story
goes
a lady who challenged them
without being cruel
her book bag filled with volumes
of Whitman and Blake
a girl who might have
lived
a life of Cinderella if she could find
a dove to bare her
wishes
a gown to wear to the
ball
a coach with horses
fine
yet no Prince emerged
to carry a slipper for her
to fit her feet
plenty of suitors
including the fool
who took from her
what she would not
give
and plunged her back into
the harsh world of cinders and sadness
what a fool that man was
to have received her
Grace's
and this was not
enough
he needed to seize
her
and own her and control her
and in the end
destroyed
that part of her
which gave him trust
why couldn't he be
happy
with what she had offered
what she gave
why did he trade it
all the way
to get nothing but grief
no Prince was he
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